See also: 'vert, vért, vèrt, vērt, and vërt

EnglishEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.

NounEdit

vert (countable and uncountable, plural verts)

  1. (heraldry) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
    vert:  
  2. (archaic) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
  3. (archaic) The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
    • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
      “I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.”
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AdjectiveEdit

vert (comparative more vert, superlative most vert)

  1. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour green.
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Etymology 2Edit

Abbreviation of vertical.

NounEdit

vert (plural verts)

  1. (colloquial) In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
  2. A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.

Etymology 3Edit

Abbreviation of vertebrate.

NounEdit

vert (plural verts)

  1. (biology, informal) vertebrate

Etymology 4Edit

From Latin vertere (to turn, overturn).

VerbEdit

vert (third-person singular simple present verts, present participle verting, simple past and past participle verted)

  1. (archaic or literary) To turn.

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Cf. Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish verde.

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NounEdit

vert m (plural verts)

  1. green

AdjectiveEdit

vert (feminine verte, masculine plural verts, feminine plural vertes)

  1. green

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DescendantsEdit

  • Haitian Creole: vèt,
  • Louisiana Creole: , vèr, vær
  • Wolof: wert

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Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      noir
             rouge; cramoisi              orange; brun              jaune; crème
             vert citron              vert              menthe
             cyan; bleu canard              azur              bleu
             violet; indigo              magenta; pourpre              rose

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FriulianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis. Compare Italian verde.

AdjectiveEdit

vert

  1. green

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HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

ver +‎ -t

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VerbEdit

vert

  1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of ver

ParticipleEdit

vert

  1. past participle of ver

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis.

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AdjectiveEdit

vert (uncountable)

  1. (cooking, heraldry) Green-coloured.

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NounEdit

vert (uncountable)

  1. (law) Any plant having green leaves.
  2. (rare, especially heraldry) green

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Low German wert.

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NounEdit

vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural verter, definite plural vertene)

  1. a host (also in biology)
  2. a landlord

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Middle Low German wert.

NounEdit

vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural vertar, definite plural vertane)

  1. a host (also in biology)
  2. a landlord

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VerbEdit

vert

  1. present tense of verta/verte
  2. imperative of verta/verte

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Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Compare Italian verde and Spanish verde.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /vert/, (later) /vɛrt/

NounEdit

vert m (oblique plural verz or vertz, nominative singular verz or vertz, nominative plural vert)

  1. green

AdjectiveEdit

vert m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vert)

  1. green, of a green color

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WalloonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Cf. French vert, Italian verde and Spanish verde.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

vert

  1. green